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The Detroit
Jewish News
speaks to your
interests and
your concern
12/31
1999
50
To order your subse lion or a,
for family or friends0as
Shaarey Zedek Men's Club
helps feed the hungry for Christmas.
Since the beginning of "Shine
Light," as the project is called, 12,000
meals have been delivered to those in
need — 2,200 this year alone. As the
1ff ore green beans over
Salvation Army publicized
here, please," "We need
these acts of chesed (lov-
more rolls," "My car is
ingkindness) to its corn-
already filled with
; munity, the men's club
meals," Have you ever seen so many
o was looking forward to
yams in one place?" This was some of
delivering maps, menus
the conversation when nearly 200
and meals and doing
members of the Congregation Shaarey
mitzvot.
Zedek Men's Club gathered Dec. 24 in
Some of the food this
the Salvation Army/Kresge Center in
year
was provided by the
Detroit.
Garden
City Bakery,
They were there to help
G.L.J. Bakery
as part of "Shine Light in
Distribution in Macomb
Darkness," a program cre-
and Miesel Sysco Food
ated nearly seven years ago
Service in Canton,
by Mark Diem, then presi-
Ann Zuchman and
according
to Ralph
dent of the Shaarey Zedek's
Retta London pack-
Zuckman,
current men's
Men's Club, and Steve
aging Christmas
club
president,
and Korn.
Korn, now the president-
desserts for the fami-
Various cooks pre-
elect. The men's club pro-
lies of northwest
pared the balance of the
vided and delivered
Detroit.
food. "The preparation
Christmas dinners to hun-
began in October," said
gry families living in the
The Austin family of northwest Detroit, along
head
chef
Robert
McTaw of Detroit.
with Steve Korn, president-elect of Shaarey Zedeks
northwest Detroit area.
The
participants
from Shaarey
The program was institut- Men's Club, during a Christmas dinner delivery.
Zedek
say
they
consider
it a privilege
ed with the help of a men's
to
deliver
meals
and
gifts
to Salvation
While
packaging
pieces
of
cake,
club member who worked in the
Army families at Christmas. Moved by
Rabbi Leonardo Bitran of Shaarey
Salvation Army's finance department.
the appreciation recipients show them,
Zedek's B'nai Israel Center, explained
the volunteers are grateful for having a
that providing this food offers an
Leslie Zack of Farmington Hills is a
program like this, one that allows them
"immediate benefit and builds social
sophomore at Michigan State University's
to do a mitzvah. ❑
consciousness."
James Madison College.
LESLIE ZACK
College Intern
The Salvation Army, along with Major
Donna Miller, have administered and
been home base to this project from
the beginning.
Aish HaTorah Ex_plores Pleasure's Role In Judaism
The Allen House in Birmingham was
the backdrop Dec. 7 when Aish
HaTorah of Detroit presented its "Peak
Experience" seminar. Presenters Rabbis
Tzvi Hochstadt and Alon Tolwin guided
participants through the purpose of liv-
ing, which, according to Judaism, is to
have pleasure. Not to be confused with
lusts and desires, they said, pleasures are
those stimuli that energize people and
bring deep feelings of satisfaction and
gratification.
Judaism categorizes all pleasures into
five groupings. At the lowest level are
pleasures felt by the senses, derived from
physical things like music, food or sex,
on up to the highest level, which is
experiencing the transcendental, or the
feeling of God's presence.
The seminar, sponsored by Dr. Mark
and wisdom of Torah.
and Linee Diem, detailed the various
For information, call Amy Margolis
facets of pleasure and how people pursue
them in daily life. Rabbis Hochstadt and or Rabbi Hochstadt, (248) 737-0400.
Tolwin warned of
the counterfeit
"M.MagiVrvIser''RW.,,Wi r nPn-MVA:WW'
pleasures that
abound and sug-
gested ways to
live lives focused
on meaning and
joy.
Aish HaTorah
is a non-denomi-
national, Jewish
adult learning
center in
Birmingham. Its
goal is attracting
Aish HaTorah Rabbis Tzvi Hochstadt and Alon Tolwin
and educating all
Jews to the beauty address the gathering at Allen House.
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